Cultural movement during the Renaissance emphasising secularism and classical learning from ancient Greece and Rome; the doctrine that emphasises the human capacity for self-fulfilment without religion.

along with humanist used in a variety of philosophical and theological senses 16c.-18c., especially ones concerned with the (mere) humanity of Christ, or imitating Latin humanitas "education befi [..]

Form of science that focuses on human choices, motives, and meanings and that assumes the reasons or causes of human behavior lie within humans, not outside of them. [WO97]

A Renaissance intellectual and artistic movement triggered by a "rediscovery" of classical Greek and Roman language, culture and literature. The term was coined in the sixteenth cent [..]

The term Humanism refers to a collection of philosophies and ethical perspectives that places emphasis on value of human life, experience and how humans may act in the world. The term itself and its m [..]

The idea that people share a common humanity (i.e. similar characteristics which can explain human behaviour). Disputed by discourse theory.

Humanism refers to aview that rejects religion and focuses on the potential of human development.

(n) the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare(n) the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural(n)  [..]

Having its origins in the Renaissance and reaching its zenith in the Enlightenment, Humanism is the system of views which makes the human being its central value, as opposed to abstract notions such a [..]

From the Lain word humanitas. Humanist intellectuals of the late medieval and renaissance eras valued the classical literature of Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, and early Christian writers such as St. Augustine. They celebrated humanity’s spiritual, intellectual, and physical capabilities. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, a great renaissance Humanist, wro [..]

in philosophy, an outlook which stresses the intrinsic value, dignity, and rationality of human beings. It has become associated with atheism but (aspects of) humanism can be a feature of religious ou [..]

A belief in spirit and consciousness as fundamental, and not reducible to mechanical descriptions. Contrast with mechanism.

(Lat. humanus, "human") philosophical movement which started in Italy in the mid-14th century, and which drew on antiquity to make man the focal point. In humanism, the formative spiritual a [..]

An ethical system which emphasizes Human values and the personal worth of each individual, as well as concern for the dignity and Freedom of Humankind.

An ethical system which emphasizes human values and the personal worth of each individual, as well as concern for the dignity and freedom of humankind.

A cultural and intellectual movement during the Renaissance, following the rediscovery of the art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. A philosophy or attitude concerned with the interests, achievements, and capabilities of human beings rather than with the abstract concepts and problems of theology or science. (Ackland)

A system of thought that prioritizes people contrasted with nature and with a divine or metaphysical order.

philosophical movement which started in Italy in the mid-14th century, and which drew on antiquity to make man the focal point. In humanism, the formative spiritual attitude of the Renaissance, the em [..]